No matter how much grain stocks in Macao have, there will be a day when they run out, and as long as the Ming Dynasty sends 10,000 or 20,000 troops to implement the blockade, Macao will sooner or later be defeated.

Therefore, the successive governors of Portugal and Macao have maintained friendship with the Ming officials as much as possible.

Of course, they will buy raw silk, silk, cotton cloth, tea and other goods through the commercial network of many Ming officials, so that those who are in power can get real money brought by mutual benefit.

Noretti has been in Daming for a long time, so he can be regarded as understanding the actual situation, he said: "Your Excellency the Governor, I understand the situation in Macao now, we would rather offend the English than make enemies with the Ming."

The British are too reckless, they want to coerce the ancient country of the Ming Dynasty by force, it is wishful thinking, and the emperor and ministers of this country have never allied with any enemy. ”

Dominigo sneered, "Why stop there? The English are afraid that they have fallen into a catastrophe, and others do not know the strength of this ancient country, we understand!

I'm afraid that the strength of the Dragon Martial Sailor Division is enough to defeat the invincible fleet in the heyday of Spain, and the English only came with six warships and dared to attack the Daming Humen Fort, killing and killing hundreds of Ming troops, I think they may not be able to go back. ”

"Haha, how good is this, if the Long Wu Sailor comes to surround and annihilate the English, the fact that we refuse to carry out the orders of the Governor of Goa and refuse to cooperate with the English will also sink into the sea."

"Therefore, when you go to Humen, you must firmly stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and you must paralyze the English, and strive to let them stay at the mouth of the Pearl River for a few more days, I believe that the Ming warship formation will definitely come by the wind and waves."

"It doesn't matter, I promise to make the English wait for a while at the mouth of the Pearl River, they came to the Far East not to kill people and seize dozens of artillery, but to buy tea and silk, and they didn't get the goods, and they were willing to leave there?

I intervened, and promised to assist the English in purchasing goods, so that they could be easily stranded at the mouth of the Pearl River. ”

Indeed, in this era, how hard it is to run thousands or tens of thousands of nautical miles, and it takes too much manpower and material resources, if you can't let the warship you carry full of goods, who is willing to go home empty-handed?

Domini smiled and said approvingly, "Your plan is really good, and it can be long or short to buy a dozen ships of cargo."

You can do it for a month. At that time, the terrifying Longwu Sailor will come to the mouth of the Pearl River, and we will have a big excitement. ”

Noretti said: "There is an idiom in the Ming Dynasty called driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, which means to attract the enemy to fight another enemy.

The English are so unreasonable that they ask us to prepare goods for them, if they let them traffic the silk, tea, porcelain and other goods exclusively owned by the Ming Dynasty to Europe, where will we get huge profits in the future?

It would be best if we could prevent us from going into direct confrontation with the English, and I would surely make the English pay a terrible price for their arrogance. ”

The Portuguese in Macao, who were trying to survive in the cracks, could not afford to offend the Ming Dynasty or the English, so they chose to borrow a knife to kill.

Noretti, who came to the flagship of the British army, in order to deliberately paralyze Weddell, pretended to be extremely surprised and admired as soon as he met.

He complimented him in not very proficient English: "Mr. Captain is so heroic, I have seen the Humen Fort in the Ming Kingdom, and I also know that there are hundreds of Ming troops there."

I can't imagine how vulnerable it is to be attacked by the heroic English soldiers. This shows that we Portuguese are too careful and do not have enough courage. ”

The smug Weddell laughed and said: "Mr. Noretti has won the award, not because the soldiers of the British Empire are too brave, but because the artillery of the Ming Empire is too backward, and their soldiers are too cowardly.

I believe that if we kill those Ming troops, we must have deterred this country, and then it will be much easier to talk about trade and cessing an island to establish a colony. ”

Noretti volunteered: "I have worked in Macau for many years, and I am familiar with the country's officials, and I am willing to come forward to talk to them.

It's just that the country is too old, and many of the officials are bad old men, slow to do things, and it is even more unbearable to decide on a major event. ”

The cunning Noretti was worried that the English would be in a hurry to leave, so he got vaccinated first, saying that it would only take time for things to be done.

Weddell didn't know what to do, and said, "We don't know how to start negotiating when we first arrive, so please ask Sir to bother with it."

If this country pushes back, the gentleman can verbally threaten them, angering the British Empire, and we will directly enter the city of Guangzhou. ”

Noretti pretended to be calm and advised: "Mr. Captain, I think it is best to solve the problem through diplomatic mediation, after all, this ancient country is too far away from our motherland.

As long as the goods we want to get are guaranteed, it is better not to provoke a war. ”

Weddell agreed, "My mission is to trade in the Far East and establish colonies, not to invade the country.

It would be better to set up a merchant house and an office of the British Empire in the city of Canton, and the Ming Kingdom would agree to our terms, and promise to ensure the safety of the British Empire's compradors living in Canton, and we would even be able to return their guns that had been captured from the Humen Fort. ”

Noretti said: "I understand what you mean, don't worry, I will definitely express your kindness to the officials of the Ming Kingdom, and within a week, I will definitely be able to get a clear answer." ”

After a face-to-face conversation with Weddell, Noretti saw that he had no fear, and confirmed that the English did not know that the Ming had an advanced warship formation.

He used his good offices to deliberately delay the detention of English troops at the mouth of the Pearl River. The purpose is self-evident, to pit the English people!

After Xiong Wencan's promotion, Shen Youlong was the current right attendant of the military department and the right servant of the imperial history, the governor of Liangguang Military Affairs, and the governor of Guangdong, and his yamen was not in Guangzhou but in Zhaoqing.

Noretti has been in Macao for a long time, and the Ming officials have been speaking fluently. He still came to Guangzhou to see the prefect of Guangzhou.

Noretti was the spokesman of the Kingdom of Portugal in the eyes of Canton officials, and he would hardly refuse his request, not this time.

As soon as he met with seven or eight officials from the prefect of Guangzhou, the magistrate, and the Tongzhi, Noretti talked in a condemnatory tone about the attack on the Humen Fort of the Ming Dynasty, and asked the Ming side to find out how the Ming side was going to retaliate, and whether there was any dispatch of sailors to the mouth of the Pearl River.

Of course, the prefect of Guangzhou would not sit idly by and watch the English run rampant at the mouth of the Pearl River, and began to dispatch the Guangzhou water camp on the day when the Humen Fort was attacked.

and sent 600 li to send an official letter to Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, informing the English of the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, and requesting that an official letter be sent urgently to Xiao Yifu, the governor of Fujian, requesting that the Fujian naval division be dispatched to the mouth of the Pearl River to deal a severe blow to the invading enemy.